Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2021-03-03

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2021-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-03

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Mar 3

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Feb 24Mar 3Mar 10 →

Receipts

2,450 head

▲ 269 vs last sale 2,181▲ 1,308 vs year ago 1,142 · +114.5%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Nov 2, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Oct 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers traded steady. A lot of 278 head of fancy steers with a average weight of 532 lbs. traded at 174.10 - 179.50. Heifers traded steady to 2.00 higher. Supply was heavy with moderate demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.49/cwt on 1,318 head.

Average price

$150.49

1,318 head · 618 lb average

Value per head Derived

$931

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$366

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$47.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.88

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	617	155.68	961	926
Medium and Large 1-2	615	143.76	884	286
Large 1	729	133.90	977	24
Medium and Large 2	644	126.02	812	55
Medium 2	550	108.22	595	27

One grade step is worth $47.46/cwt here — about $366 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,318 hd

150.49

—

MO average19 barns · 22,364 hd

149.60

+0.88

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

85 lots · USDA AMS · Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle - Springfield, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	341	175.08/cwt	173.00–182.00	597	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	185.23/cwt	181.00–190.00	698	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	381	170.22/cwt	170.00–171.00	649	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	134.17/cwt	130.00–140.00	570	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	181.32/cwt	176.00–187.50	772	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	166.73/cwt	160.00–174.50	734	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	456	176.57/cwt	175.00–182.50	805	53
Steers	—	Medium 2Unweaned	459	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	491	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	161.03/cwt	154.50–173.00	760	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	149.71/cwt	149.00–150.00	719	7
Steers	—	Medium 2	493	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	562	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	146.16/cwt	140.00–153.50	748	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	521	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	698	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	164.79/cwt	155.00–171.00	873	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	532	176.31/cwt	174.10–179.50	938	278
Steers	—	Medium 2	539	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	593	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	565	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	986	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	157.55/cwt	150.00–170.50	901	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	145.30/cwt	138.00–151.50	834	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	131.30/cwt	128.50–136.00	759	15
Steers	—	Medium 2	600	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	612	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	142.86/cwt	136.00–148.00	894	90
Steers	—	Large 1	663	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	908	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	138.83/cwt	135.00–143.00	933	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	678	119.10/cwt	115.00–123.00	807	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	128.57/cwt	125.00–130.00	877	14
Steers	—	Large 1	718	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	987	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	135.57/cwt	129.00–138.25	988	110
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	125.80/cwt	125.00–128.00	925	10
Steers	—	Large 1	756	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	990	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	767	126.16/cwt	125.00–126.50	968	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,000	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	776	120.25/cwt	120.00–120.50	933	10
Steers	—	Medium 2	783	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	822	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	819	124.44/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,019	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	1,045	134
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	866	123.92/cwt	122.85–125.00	1,073	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	887	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,047	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	917	117.42/cwt	115.00–117.75	1,077	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	925	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	833	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	930	121.48/cwt	121.00–124.00	1,130	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	146.24/cwt	136.00–149.00	490	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	371	144.31/cwt	137.00–150.00	535	22
Heifers	—	Medium 2	405	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	446	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	130.00/cwt	125.00–136.00	551	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	138.21/cwt	137.50–139.00	596	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	141.33/cwt	141.00–142.50	613	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	132.08/cwt	125.00–136.00	625	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	135.83/cwt	132.00–140.00	645	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	145.24/cwt	140.00–147.50	707	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	128.31/cwt	121.00–130.00	672	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	140.54/cwt	132.00–147.00	745	87
Heifers	—	Medium 2	548	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	584	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	135.09/cwt	132.00–138.50	781	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	123.55/cwt	120.00–129.00	723	22
Heifers	—	Medium 2	597	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	597	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	614	124.21/cwt	122.00–125.00	763	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	120.34/cwt	120.00–122.00	751	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	130.03/cwt	124.50–134.00	819	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	826	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	674	107.45/cwt	105.00–110.00	724	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	690	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	690	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	691	118.42/cwt	116.50–120.00	818	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	859	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	862	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	727	110.28/cwt	110.00–111.00	802	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	771	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	848	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	117.05/cwt	115.00–118.25	917	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	825	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	887	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	943	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,056	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,028	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	997	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	343	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	604	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	371	176.93/cwt	176.00–178.00	656	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	155.44/cwt	152.50–160.00	602	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	419	169.50/cwt	169.00–170.00	710	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	156.00/cwt	150.00–160.00	657	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	475	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	803	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	491	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	771	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	507	150.67/cwt	149.00–153.00	764	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	136.69/cwt	130.00–140.00	730	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	616	135.68/cwt	133.00–140.00	836	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	616	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	678	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	126.02/cwt	120.00–128.00	784	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	800	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	808	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	350	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	312	5

This sale against other markets

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle - Springfield, MO

Wed Mar 3, 2021

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Receipts 2,450Last week 2,181Year ago 1,142

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	735	125.00–128.00	125.80
9	—	381	170.00–171.00	170.22
42	—	866	122.85–125.00	123.92
21	—	440	160.00–174.50	166.73
14	—	682	125.00–130.00	128.57
46	—	574	138.00–151.50	145.30
40	—	512	140.00–153.50	146.16
13	—	767	125.00–126.50	126.16
10	—	341	173.00–182.00	175.08
11	—	819	123.00–125.00	124.44
17	—	917	115.00–117.75	117.42
53	—	472	154.50–173.00	161.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	769	130.00	130.00
51	—	672	135.00–143.00	138.83
16	—	426	176.00–187.50	181.32
44	—	572	150.00–170.50	157.55
53	—	456	175.00–182.50	176.57
18	—	930	121.00–124.00	121.48
9	—	377	181.00–190.00	185.23
134	—	821	127.25	127.25
112	—	530	155.00–171.00	164.79
110	—	729	129.00–138.25	135.57
90	—	626	136.00–148.00	142.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	565	174.50	174.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	459	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	663	137.00	137.00
13	—	756	131.00	131.00
7	—	718	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	783	105.00	105.00
5	—	493	114.00	114.00
3	—	600	102.00	102.00
7	—	539	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
278	—	532	174.10–179.50	176.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	425	130.00–140.00	134.17
7	—	480	149.00–150.00	149.71
4	—	678	115.00–123.00	119.10
6	—	925	90.00	90.00
3	—	887	118.00	118.00
10	—	776	120.00–120.50	120.25
15	—	578	128.50–136.00	131.30
5	—	521	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	335	136.00–149.00	146.24
8	—	943	112.00	112.00
6	—	1,028	97.00	97.00
18	—	431	137.50–139.00	138.21
16	—	783	115.00–118.25	117.05
22	—	585	120.00–129.00	123.55
22	—	475	132.00–140.00	135.83
20	—	524	121.00–130.00	128.31
22	—	371	137.00–150.00	144.31
6	—	718	120.00	120.00
17	—	624	120.00–122.00	120.34
19	—	691	116.50–120.00	118.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	658	125.50	125.50
94	—	578	132.00–138.50	135.09
13	—	434	141.00–142.50	141.33
27	—	716	120.00	120.00
87	—	530	132.00–147.00	140.54
43	—	630	124.50–134.00	130.03
34	—	487	140.00–147.50	145.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	690	100.00	100.00
3	—	597	100.00	100.00
4	—	548	106.50	106.50
2	—	405	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	473	125.00–136.00	132.08
7	—	727	110.00–111.00	110.28
4	—	674	105.00–110.00	107.45
20	—	424	125.00–136.00	130.00
8	—	614	122.00–125.00	124.21
4	—	771	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	825	107.50	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	534	130.00–140.00	136.69
5	—	491	157.00	157.00
12	—	421	150.00–160.00	156.00
18	—	622	120.00–128.00	126.02
5	—	387	152.50–160.00	155.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	419	169.00–170.00	169.50
12	—	507	149.00–153.00	150.67
2	—	343	176.00	176.00
9	—	371	176.00–178.00	176.93
13	—	616	133.00–140.00	135.68
3	—	475	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	616	110.00	110.00
2	—	800	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	350	89.00	89.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.